title: Cerebrospinal fluid: when is it worthwhile to do a lumbar puncture?
authors.affiliation: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Elaine R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Peskind
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013129:Spinal Puncture; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D016875:tau Proteins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016875:tau Proteins; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18